Images of the Year 2012

RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2012 - A photographer jumps over a smoke canister during a demonstration by firefighters, security and military personnel against cuts in their salaries imposed by Spanish Government, in the Andalusian capital of Seville September 29, 2012. Spain's debt will reach 90.5 percent of gross domestic product by end 2013 after hitting 85.3 percent of GDP by the end of this year, the government's budget document showed on Saturday. REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo (SPAIN - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGE OF THE DAY)

RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2012 - A riot police officer is dragged by protesters after being knocked down off his horse with rocks thrown by workers of 'La Parada' wholesale market in Lima, October 25, 2012. Clashes between the wholesale market workers and police officers yesterday left two people dead and more than 100 injured when concrete blocks were attempted to be placed at the entrances by local authorities to prevent market supply, according to local media. Picture taken October 25, 2012. REUTERS/Alessandro Currarino/Diario El Comercio (PERU - Tags: BUSINESS CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. PERU OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN PERU 

RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2012 - Jake Beaudoin, a U.S. Army Private of 508 BSTB, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, takes cover during a controlled detonation to clear an area for setting up a check point in Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan May 31, 2012. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2012 - A wounded woman is carried at the site of an explosion in Ashrafieh, central Beirut, October 19, 2012. At least two people were killed and 15 wounded by a huge bomb that exploded in a street in central Beirut on Friday, witnesses and a security source said. REUTERS/Hasan Shaaban (LEBANON -Tags: CIVIL UNREST) 

RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2012 - A protester reacts as the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi is seen in flames during a protest by an armed group said to have been protesting a film being produced in the United States September 11, 2012. An American staff member of the U.S. consulate in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi has died following fierce clashes at the compound, Libyan security sources said on Wednesday. Armed gunmen attacked the compound on Tuesday evening, clashing with Libyan security forces before the latter withdrew as they came under heavy fire. REUTERS/Esam Al-Fetori (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2012 - U.S. President Barack Obama gestures with Vice President Joe Biden after his election night victory speech in Chicago, November 6, 2012. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY USA PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION ELECTIONS) 

RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2012 - Malala Yousufzai is seen with her father Ziauddin and her two younger brothers Khushal Khan and Atal Khan (R), as she recuperates at the The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, in this photograph taken October 25, 2012 and released October 26, 2012. The father of a Pakistani girl who was shot in the head by the the Taliban for advocating girls' education said on Friday his daughter was strong and would "rise again" to pursue her dreams after receiving treatment in a British hospital. REUTERS/Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham/Handout (BRITAIN - Tags: HEALTH CRIME LAW POLITICS) NO COMMERCIAL OR BOOK SALES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS 

RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2012 - A child jumps on the waste products that are used to make poultry feed as she plays in a tannery at Hazaribagh in Dhaka October 9, 2012. Luxury leather goods sold across the world are produced in a slum area of Bangladesh's capital where workers, including children, are exposed to hazardous chemicals and often injured in horrific accidents, according to a study released on Tuesday. None of the tanneries packed cheek by jowl into Dhaka's Hazaribagh neighbourhood treat their waste water, which contains animal flesh, sulphuric acid, chromium and lead, leaving it to spew into open gutters and eventually the city's main river. REUTERS/Andrew Biraj (BANGLADESH - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2012 - People stand on a hillside behind a memorial for victims behind the theater where a gunman opened fire on moviegoers in Aurora, Colorado July 22, 2012. Residents of a Denver suburb mourned their dead on Sunday from a shooting rampage by a "demonic" gunman who killed 12 people and wounded 58 after opening fire at a cinema showing the new Batman movie. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER SOCIETY CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2012 - Denise Paba, who lost her 6-year-old niece Veronica Moser, cries during a memorial for victims behind the theatre where a gunman opened fire last Friday on moviegoers in Aurora, Colorado July 22, 2012. Residents of a Denver suburb mourned their dead on Sunday from a shooting rampage by a "demonic" gunman who killed 12 people and wounded 58 after opening fire at a cinema showing the new Batman movie. President Barack Obama headed to Aurora, on Sunday to meet families grieving their losses Friday's mass shooting that has stunned the nation and rekindled debate about guns and violence in America. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER SOCIETY CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2012 - Police officer detain a demonstrator during a protest march organised by the Trades Union Congress (TUC), in Oxford Street, in central London October 20, 2012. Thousands of British protesters marched through central London on Saturday against public spending cuts and tax rises enacted by a government fighting accusations it is run by an upper-class elite that ignores the plight of recession-hit voters. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett (BRITAIN - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS EMPLOYMENT)

RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2012 - Riot policemen arrest a student protester during a protest against the government to demand changes in the public state education in Santiago, September 27, 2012. Chilean students have been protesting against what they say is profiteering in the state education system. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST EDUCATION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2012 - Ayesha Ishaque, sister of Mohammad Saud Ishaque who was killed in a Boeing 737 airliner crash, cries over his casket at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences hospital (PIMS) in Islamabad April 21, 2012. The Pakistani airliner with 127 people on board crashed in bad weather as it came in to land in Islamabad on Friday, scattering wreckage and leaving no sign of survivors. The Boeing 737, operated by local airline Bhoja Air, was flying to the capital from Pakistan's biggest city and business hub Karachi. REUTERS/Rebecca Conway (PAKISTAN - Tags: DISASTER CRIME LAW TRANSPORT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2012 - An explosion and smoke are seen after Israeli strikes in Gaza City November 17, 2012. Israeli aircraft pounded Hamas government buildings in Gaza on Saturday, including the building housing the prime minister's office, after Israel's Cabinet authorised the mobilisation of up to 75,000 reservists, preparing the ground for a possible invasion into Gaza. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (GAZA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST MILITARY POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2012 - A Free Syrian Army fighter reacts after his friend was shot by Syrian Army soldiers during clashes in the Salah al-Din neighbourhood in central Aleppo August 4, 2012. The rebel's friend was killed from a very accurate Syrian army sniper who found a hole in between sandbags and fired. The sniper shot him in the chest. I just ran fast across the street and took the pictures in really bad light - strong highlights and dark shadows. This rebel was definitely close to the fighter who'd been shot. He was in bad shape and crying a lot. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (SYRIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST MILITARY POLITICS)

RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2012 - Hungarian Laszlo Csatary, suspected of war crimes against Jews during Word War Two, leaves the prosecution building in Budapest July 18, 2012. Hungarian prosecutors have detained 97-year-old Csatary on suspicion of war crimes committed in World War Two, the Budapest prosecutor's office said on Wednesday. Nazi-hunters from the Simon Wiesenthal Centre say they have provided Hungary with evidence that Csatary helped to organise the deportation of around 16,000 Jews to the Auschwitz death camp from the Nazi-occupied town of Kosice in 1944. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh (HUNGARY - Tags: CRIME LAW POLITICS)

RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2012 - The hands of U.S. President Barack Obama are seen with his teleprompters at a campaign event at Cheyenne Sports Complex in Las Vegas, Nevada November 1, 2012. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY USA PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION)

RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2012 - France's President Francois Hollande (R) and Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel kiss each other during the 50th anniversary ceremony of the reconciliation speech of France's President Charles de Gaulle to the Germany youth after World War II, in castle Ludwigsburg September 22, 2012. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2012 - U.S. President Barack Obama wipes perspiration from his face as he speaks in a sweltering gym during a campaign stop at Windham High School in Windham, New Hampshire, August 18, 2012. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2012 - A visitor dressed as a red army soldier smokes as he poses for a picture in Jinggangshan, Jiangxi province September 20, 2012. Jinggangshan, is where former Chinese leader Mao Zedong's career as a revolutionary began to take off. In 1927, Mao and several communist leaders fled with a few thousands to the hills of Jinggangshan, hounded and outnumbered by Nationalist forces. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY)

RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2012 - Orthodox Christian pilgrims pray by a wall at Bet Medhane Alem rock church in Lalibela August 19, 2012. Picture taken August 19, 2012. REUTERS/Siegfried Modola (ETHIOPIA - Tags: RELIGION) 

RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2012 - Orthodox Christian pilgrims pray by a wall at Bet Medhane Alem rock church in Lalibela August 19, 2012. Picture taken August 19, 2012. REUTERS/Siegfried Modola (ETHIOPIRNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2012 - Wang Jinxiang, mother of blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng, cries as she talks about her son at their home in the village of Dongshigu in Shandong Province, located 600 km (370 miles) southeast of Beijing June 9, 2012. Wang described the details of her home detention with her son and the authorities' reprisals against their family after Chen Guangcheng's flight last month to the United States, where he is now living in New York with his wife and two children. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS HEADSHOT)A - Tags: RELIGION) 

RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2012 - Recruits of the newly formed Congolese Revolutionary Army march during military training in Rumangabo military camp, Democratic Republic of Congo, October 23, 2012. The M23 Movement, the newly formed political wing of former M23 rebels, has formed a semi autonomous administration structure in areas under their control in north Kivu province in the DRC. REUTERS/James Akena (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2012 - A helicopter drops water on the Waldo Canyon fire burning behind the U.S. Air Force Academy, west of Colorado Springs, Colorado June 27, 2012. Firefighters struggled on Wednesday to beat back a wildfire raging at the edge of Colorado Springs that doubled in size overnight, forced more than 32,000 people from their homes and was nipping at the edges of the U.S. Air Force Academy. REUTERS/Rick Wilking (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY ENVIRONMENT)

RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2012 - A topless man smashes the windshield of a taxi in the middle of a street in Hefei, Anhui province July 17, 2012. The man ran onto a busy street on Tuesday morning wearing only a pair of shorts, climbing onto cars and smashing windows with his bare fists. He was taken away to the hospital by policeman and doctors after smashing nearly 20 vehicles in half an hour. Police said there was no identification with the man, and he would go through psychiatric examination to determine whether he was mentally ill, local media reported. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA 

RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2012 - A student takes a nap on a desk during his lunch break in a classroom in Hefei, Anhui Province June 2, 2012. The National College Entrance Exam, or "Gaokao", is held in June every year. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY EDUCATION)

RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2012 - A woman lashes herself with the leaves of the Aghada plant along the banks of the Bagmati River, during the Rishi Panchami festival, in Kathmandu September 20, 2012. Rishi Panchami is observed on the last day of Teej when women worship Sapta Rishi (Seven Saints) to ask for forgiveness for sins committed during their menstruation periods throughout the year. The Hindu religion considers menstruation as a representation of impurity and women are prohibited from taking part in religious practices during their monthly cycles. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar (NEPAL - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION)

RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2012 - Artist Pyotr Pavlensky, a supporter of jailed members of female punk band "Pussy Riot", looks on with his mouth sewed up as he protests outside the Kazan Cathedral in St. Petersburg, July 23, 2012. A court on Monday rejected a request to call President Vladimir Putin and the head of the Russian Orthodox Church to testify in the trial of three female punk rockers who derided Putin in a protest in the country's main cathedral, their lawyer said. REUTERS/Trend Photo Agency/Handout (RUSSIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW SOCIETY RELIGION POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS 

RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2012 - The body of a man killed following flash-floods is seen in the gorge at the Hells Gate National Park in Naivasha, April 23, 2012. Seven bodies were recovered after a 53-member youth group from Nairobi encountered flash-floods yesterday evening after heavy rains, while on a tour of the park. REUTERS/Stringer (KENYA - Tags: SOCIETY DISASTER ENVIRONMENT) 

RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2012 - Residents look over the remains of burned homes in the Rockaways section of New York, October 30, 2012. Hurricane Sandy battered the U.S. East Coast on Monday with fierce winds and driving rain, as the monster storm shut down transportation, shuttered businesses and left hundreds of thousands without power. REUTERS/Keith Bedford (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT DISASTER TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2012 - Residents stand over vehicles which were submerged in a parking structure in the financial district of Lower Manhattan, New York October 30, 2012. Major U.S. stock exchanges expect to open on Wednesday after a monster storm shut down their trading for two days. The southern tip of Manhattan where Wall Street and the NYSE are located lost power on Monday after being buffetted by Sandy, the worst storm to hit New York since at least 1938. REUTERS/Adrees Latif (UNITES STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT DISASTER BUSINESS)

RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2012 - Jordan Youssef salvages a dresser drawer from the remains of her grandmother's house which was destroyed by a tornado in Harrisburg, Illinois March 1, 2012. Powerful storms that spawned tornadoes ripped through the U.S. Midwest on Wednesday, killing at least 12 people, including six in Illinois who were crushed when a house was lifted up and fell on them, authorities said. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT DISASTER TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2012 - Boats are seen in a yard, where they washed onto shore during Hurricane Sandy, near Monmouth Beach, New Jersey October 31, 2012. The U.S. Northeast began an arduous slog back to normal on Wednesday after historic storm Sandy crippled transportation, knocked out power for millions and killed at least 64 people with a massive storm surge that caused epic flooding. REUTERS/Steve Nesius (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT DISASTER MARITIME TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2012 - A protester, with blood on his face after a strike to the head with a police baton, screams during an anti-NATO protest march in Chicago May 20, 2012. Baton-swinging police officers clashed with anti-war protesters at the start of the NATO summit on Sunday, beating some and dragging others away. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) TEMPLATE OUT

RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2012 - Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain (centre L-R) , President Barack Obama, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, and others watch the overtime shootout of the Chelsea vs. Bayern Munich Champions League final in the Laurel Cabin conference room during the G8 Summit at Camp David, Maryland, May 19, 2012. REUTERS/White House/ Pete Souza/POOL (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS SPORT SOCCER TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2012 - Lori Campbell (L) and Maja Roble, who are engaged, kiss at a celebration rally for Tuesday's ruling on Proposition 8 in West Hollywood, California February 7, 2012. A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday found California's gay marriage ban (Proposition 8) unconstitutional in a case that may lead to a showdown in the U.S. Supreme Court. REUTERS/Jonathan Alcorn (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2012 - A Syrian refugee is pictured at the Al Zaatri refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria, July 31, 2012. Jordan opened the camp with 2,000 tents on Sunday, to accommodate an expected new influx of refugees near the border. Diplomats say around 115,000 Syrians have fled their country, mostly to Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan, to escape the 17-month rebellion against President Bashar al-Assad. The Jordanian authorities say around 130,000 Syrians have come to Jordan since the uprising began, but diplomats say not all of them are classified as refugees. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed (JORDAN - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT SOCIETY)

RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2012 - A policeman chases a supporter of the female punk band "Pussy Riot" jailed members while climbing on a fence enclosing the Turkish embassy near a court building in Moscow, August 17, 2012. Three women from Russian punk band Pussy Riot were sentenced to two years in jail on Friday for their protest against President Vladimir Putin in a church, an outcome supporters described as the Kremlin leader's "personal revenge". REUTERS/Mikhail Voskresensky (RUSSIA - Tags: CRIME LAW POLITICS RELIGION CIVIL UNREST)

RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2012 - The feet of visitors are seen from below as they make their way along a translucent walkway at the National Museum of American in Washington June 29, 2012. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2012 - Devotees try to form a human pyramid to break a clay pot containing curd during the celebrations to mark the Hindu festival of Janmashtami in Mumbai August 10, 2012. Janmashtami, which marks the birthday of Hindu god Krishna, is being celebrated across the country today. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui (INDIA - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2012 - The pack of riders cycles past a woman on a horse during the 13th stage of the 99th Tour de France cycling race between Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux and Cap d'Agde, July 14, 2012. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe (FRANCE - Tags: SPORT CYCLING TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2012 - Brazil's Luciano dos Santos Pereira knocks over an official as he competes in the men's triple jump - F11 final in the Olympic Stadium at the London 2012 Paralympic Games September 6, 2012. Santos Pereira was competing against other athletes who were also visually impaired. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett (BRITAIN - Tags: SPORT OLYMPICS ATHLETICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2012 - Performers pose after the end of closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic stadium August 12, 2012. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (BRITAIN - Tags: OLYMPICS SPORT)

RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2012 - A member of the Edmonton Eskimos cheer squad flies through the air during the first half of their CFL football game against the Calgary Stampeders in Calgary, Alberta September 3, 2012. REUTERS/Todd Korol (CANADA - Tags: SPORT FOOTBALL TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2012 - The Thunderbirds perform a fly past as graduates celebrate at the Air Force Academy commencement ceremony in Colorado Springs, Colorado May 23, 2012. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: MILITARY EDUCATION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2012 - A reveller tries to hold on to a wild horse during the "Rapa Das Bestas" traditional event in the Spanish northwestern village of Sabucedo July 7, 2012. On the first weekend of the month of July, hundreds of wild horses are rounded up, trimmed and groomed in different villages in the Spanish northwestern region of Galicia. REUTERS/Miguel Vidal (SPAIN - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2012 - The Space Shuttle Endeavour is escorted by two F18 jets as it passes the Hollywood sign on the back of a 747 on its arrival in Los Angeles September 21, 2012. The Endeavour will be put on display at its new permanent home the California Science Center in October. REUTERS/Mike Blake (UNITED STATES - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY TRANSPORT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2012 - A double rainbow appears after a heavy monsoon storms over Nipton Road in Searchlight, Nevada, July 13, 2012. The National Weather Service has extended a flash flood watch through Saturday night, as rain and thunderstorms have rumbled into Southern Nevada. Picture taken July 13. 2012. REUTERS/Gene Blevins (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2012 - Swirls of green and red appear in an aurora over Whitehorse, Yukon on the night of September 3, 2012 in this NASA handout image. The aurora was due to the interaction of a coronal mass ejection (CME) from the sun with Earth's magnetosphere. The CME left the Sun on August 31 and arrived on September 3. REUTERS/Courtesy of David Cartier, Sr./NASA/Handout (CANADA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2012 - A full moon as seen from West Orange, New Jersey, rises over the skyline of Lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center (L) in New York, May 6, 2012. REUTERS/Gary Hershorn (UNITED STATES - Tags: CITYSPACE ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)